Amman vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$386	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	64	40
😀 Quality of life	68	74
🏙️ Population	4.01M	903K

The cost of living in Amman is 6% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 5535th and 5127th ($994 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Jordan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 3048th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Dammam

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	Amman	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$8339

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$1068
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1243
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$897
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1223
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$901
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1709
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1779
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$551
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$557
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1637
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$547
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$736
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$589
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$548
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$536
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$547
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$529
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$904
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2379
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1494
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2240
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$597
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$525
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$969
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552